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Germany is an import country for comics – so they say. But in fact in the course of the last six decades German authors and illustrators have presented a lot of great works which in part achieved a high degree of popularity. The companion book to the exhibition “Comics made in Germany. 60 Jahre deutsche Comics” throws light on a remarkable production. The exhibition starts with the pioneers of the strip cartoon at the end of the forties and Sigurd and Tibor, Nick Knatterton and Fix and Foxi, the heroes of the first fan generation. Pop-Art and the social awakening in the 60ties left traces in comics as well as the youth culture of the following decade. The eighties and nineties, besides popular icons from Werner to Kleines Arschloch, again are characterized by a literary and artistic awakening which influenced style and artwork until the present. The book presents a detailed essay on the development and trends of the German comic strip beginning with the first numbers of the post-war period up to the young German Mangaka of the presence who write and illustrate stories following the Japanese style. Short biographies accompanied by catalogue raisonnés of 53 German comic strip producers make the book easily readable while presenting a comprehensive overview of the German comic culture in the richly illustrated book.